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1 (JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, DISCIPLE OF JESUS)
2 (Georg Weissel, German Lutheran Pastor and Hymn Writer)
- Anna Bernadine Dorothy Hoppe, U.S. Lutheran Hymn Writer and Translator
- Carroll O’Connor, U.S. Roman Catholic Actor and Screen Writer
- Christian Gottfried Gebhard, German Moravian Composer and Music Educator
- Frederick William Foster, English Moravian Bishop, Liturgist, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Peter Julian Eymard, Founder of the Priests of the Blessed Sacrament, the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Priests’ Eucharistic League; and Organizer of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament
3 (JOANNA, MARY, AND SALOME, WITNESSES TO THE RESURRECTION)
4 (John Brownlie, Scottish Presbyterian Minister, Hymn Writer, and Translator of Hymns)
- Frédéric Janssoone, French Roman Catholic Priest and Friar
- Lambert Beauduin, Belgian Roman Catholic Priest and Pioneer of Liturgical Renewal
- Sarah Platt Doremus, Founder of the Women’s Union Missionary Society
5 (Alfred Tennyson, English Poet)
- Adam of Saint Victor, Roman Catholic Monk and Hymn Writer
- Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and Lucas Cranach the Elder, Renaissance Artists
- Francisco Zanfredini and Michelina of Pesaro, Co-Founders of the Confraternity of the Annunciation
- George Frederick Root, Poet and Composer
6 (TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST)
7 (Colbert S. Cartwright, U.S. Disciples of Christ Minister, Liturgist, and Witness for Civil Rights)
- Guglielmo Massaia, Italian Cardinal, Missionary, and Capuchin Friar
- John Scrimger, Canadian Presbyterian Minister, Ecumenist, and Liturgist
- Maxim Sandovich, Russian Orthodox Priest and Martyr, 1914
- Victricius of Rouen, Roman Conscientious Objector and Roman Catholic Bishop
8 (Mary MacKillop, Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart)
- Altman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Passau
- Bonifacia Rodriguez Castro, Co-Founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Saint Joseph
- Dominic, Founder of the Order of Preachers
- Raymond E. Brown, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest and Biblical Scholar
9 (Edith Stein, Roman Catholic Nun and Philosopher)
- Florence Spearing Randolph, First Female Ordained Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox Monk and Missionary to the Aleut
- John Dryden, English Puritan then Anglican then Roman Catholic Poet, Playwright, and Translator
- Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union
10 (William Walsham How, Anglican Bishop of Wakefield and Hymn Writer; and his sister, Frances Jane Douglas(s), Hymn Writer)
- Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Founder of the Madonna House Apostolate
- Cyriaca, Roman Catholic Martyr at Rome, 249; and Sixtus II, His Companions, and Laurence of Rome, Roman Catholic Martyrs at Rome, 258
- Edward Grzymala and Franciszek Drzewiecki, Polish Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs, 1942
- John Athelstan Laurie Riley, Anglican Ecumenist, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
11 (Gregory Thaumaturgus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Neocaesarea; and Alexander of Comana “the Charcoal Burner,” Roman Catholic Martyr, 252, and Bishop of Comana, Pontus)
- Equitius of Valeria, Benedictine Abbot and Founder of Monasteries
- Matthias Loy, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Educator, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator; and Conrad Hermann Louis Schuette, German-American Lutheran Minister, Educator, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Maurice Tornay, Swiss Roman Catholic Priest, Missionary to Tibet, and Martyr, 1949
- Stephen Rowsham, English Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1587
12 (Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Abolitionist, Congressman, and Witness for Civil Rights)
- Charles Inglis, Anglican Bishop of Nova Scotia
- Jane Frances de Chantal, Co-Founder of the Congregation of the Visitation
- Józef Stepniak and Józef Straszewski, Polish Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs, 1942
- Karl Leisner, German Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1945
13 (Jeremy Taylor, Anglican Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore)
- Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, U.S. Presbyterian Hymn Writer
- Irene of Hungary, Hungarian Princess and Byzantine Empress
- Octavia Hill, English Social Reformer
14 (William Croft, Anglican Organist and Composer)
- G. Bromley Oxnam, U.S. Methodist Bishop
- John Bajus, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Hymn Translator
- John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Episcopal Priest and Hymnodist; and his nephew, John Henry Hopkins, III, Episcopal Priest and Musician
- Maximilian Kolbe, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1941; and Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Episcopal Seminarian and Martyr, 1965
- Sarah Flower Adams, English Unitarian Hymn Writer; and her sister, Eliza Flower, English Unitarian Composer
15 (MARY OF NAZARETH, MOTHER OF GOD)
16 (John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, Prime Ministers of Canada; and Tommy Douglas, Federal Leader of the New Democratic Party)
- Alipius, Roman Catholic Bishop of Tagaste, and Friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo
- John Courtney Murray, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest and Theologian
- John Jones of Talysarn, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Minister and Hymn Tune Composer
- Matthias Claudius, German Lutheran Writer
17 (Samuel Johnson, Congregationalist Minister, Anglican Priest, President of King’s College, “Father of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut,” and “Father of American Library Classification;” Timothy Cutler, Congregationalist Minister, Anglican Priest, and Rector of Yale College; Daniel Browne, Educator, Congregationalist Minister, and Anglican Priest; and James Wetmore, Congregationalist Minister and Anglican Priest)
- Baptisms of Manteo and Virginia Dare, 1587
- Eusebius of Rome, Bishop of Rome, and Martyr, 310
- George Croly, Anglican Priest, Poet, Historian, Novelist, Dramatist, Theologian, and Hymn Writer
- William James Early Bennett, Anglican Priest
18 (Artemisia Bowden, African-American Educator and Civil Rights Activist)
- Erdmann Neumeister, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
- Francis John McConnell, U.S. Methodist Bishop and Social Reformer
- Jonathan Friedrich Bahnmaier, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
- Petter Dass, Norwegian Lutheran Minister, Poet, and Hymn Writer
19 (Sixtus III, Bishop of Rome)
- Blaise Pascal, French Roman Catholic Scientist, Mathematician, and Theologian
- Geert Groote, Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life
- Ignaz Franz, German Roman Catholic Priest, Hymn Writer, and Hymnal Editor
- Magnus and Agricola of Avignon, Roman Catholic Bishops of Avignon
- William Hammond, English Moravian Hymn Writer
20 (ZACCHAEUS, PENITENT TAX COLLECTOR AND ROMAN COLLABORATOR)
21 (Bruno Zembol, Polish Roman Catholic Friar and Martyr, 1942)
- Camerius, Cisellus, and Luxorius of Sardinia, Martyrs, 303
- Martyrs of Edessa, Circa 304
- Maximilian of Antioch, Martyr, Circa 353; and Bonosus and Maximianus the Soldier, Martyrs, 362
- Victoire Rasoamanarivo, Malagasy Roman Catholic Laywoman
22 (Jack Layton, Canadian Activist and Federal Leader of the New Democratic Party)
- John David Chambers, Anglican Hymn Writer and Translator
- Hryhorii Khomyshyn, Symeon Lukach, and Ivan Slezyuk, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops and Martyrs, 1947, 1964, and 1973
- John Kemble and John Wall, English Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs, 1679
- Thomas Percy, Richard Kirkman, and William Lacey, English Roman Catholic Martyrs, 1572 and 1582
23 (Martin de Porres and Juan Macias, Humanitarians and Dominican Lay Brothers; Rose of Lima, Humanitarian and Dominican Sister; and Turibius of Mogrovejo, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lima)
- Franciszek Dachtera, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1944
- Theodore O. Wedel, Episcopal Priest and Biblical Scholar; and his wife, Cynthia Clark Wedel, U.S. Psychologist and Episcopal Ecumenist
- Thomas Augustine Judge, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest; Founder of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity, the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity, and the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate
24 (BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE, MARTYR)
25 (Michael Faraday, English Scientist)
- Andrea Bordino, Italian Roman Catholic Lay Brother
- María del Tránsito de Jesús Sacramentado, Founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Tertiary Missionaries of Argentina
- Maria Troncatti, Italian Roman Catholic Nun
- William John Copeland, Anglican Priest and Hymn Translator
26 (John Paul I, Bishop of Rome)
- Frederick William Herzberger, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Humanitarian, and Hymn Translator
- Levkadia Harasymiv, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Nun, and Martyr, 1952
- Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini Beltrame Quattrocchi, Italian Roman Catholic Humanitarians
- Teresa of Jesus, Jornet y Ibars, Catalan Roman Catholic Nun and Co-Founder of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly
27 (Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle, Episcopal Priests and Educators of the Deaf)
- Amadeus of Clermont, French Roman Catholic Monk; and his son, Amadeus of Lausanne, French-Swiss Roman Catholic Abbot and Bishop
- Dominic Barberi, Roman Catholic Apostle to England
- Henriette Luise von Hayn, German Moravian Hymn Writer
28 (Ambrose of Milan, Roman Catholic Bishop; Monica of Hippo, Mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo; and Augustine of Hippo, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hippo Regius)
- Denis Wortman, U.S. Dutch Reformed Minister and Hymn Writer
- George Thomas Coster, English Congregationalist Minister, Hymn Writer, and Humanitarian
- Laura S. Coperhaver, U.S. Lutheran Hymn Writer and Missionary Leader
- Moses the Black, Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, and Martyr
29 (BEHEADING OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST)
30 (Jeanne Jugan, Founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor)
- Carlton C. Buck, U.S. Disciples of Christ Minister, Musician, and Hymn Writer
- Edmond L. Budry, Swiss Reformed Minister, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Gerald Kennedy, U.S. Methodist Bishop and Hymn Writer
- John Leary, U.S. Roman Catholic Social Activist and Advocate for the Poor and Marginalized
- Karl Otto Eberhardt, German Moravian Organist, Music Educator, and Composer
31 (NICODEMUS, DISCIPLE OF JESUS)
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.
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